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Swift's lyric-writing abilities feel leveled-up on Evermore, its characters drawn in pointillistic detail. ... Similarly, the musical risks on Evermore are bigger, both in scope and in payoff. ... Freedom from expectations has, both with this album and its predecessor, led to Swift's leaps giving new heights to her already-pretty-skyscraping career.
evermore is even better than folklore, thanks to greater sonic cohesion (Antonoff only has one production credit, on the superlative “Gold Rush,” leaving the bulk of the music produced or co-produced by Aaron Dessner) and stronger songwriting.
Swift touches on so much more – nuanced acts of forgiveness, complex personal histories, the ability to visualize and know how a person can look in different shades of light. No doubt Swift is still the master of writing a spiteful kiss-off, but the songs of Evermore are a welcomed step in a more mature direction.
In all aspects has Swift built upon her work on Folklore, creating a vast soundscape of poetical stories, and it is only at the end of this album you realise that Folklore did leave you wanting. Evermore also does this, not because it doesn’t reach up to the pedestal of folklore – in contrast, it covers the more complex ground.
Swift has said she has no idea where she’s going from here. She doesn’t need to. But it’s a Christmas treat to hear her enjoy creating a whole magical, mystical world away from the spotlight. No reinvention required.
While folklore seemed to materialize from nowhere as a complete, cohesive vision, evermore is structurally akin to something like 2012’s Red, where the breadth of her songwriting is as important as the depth.
For all the razzle-dazzle of its surprise release, I’m struck by hard it is to draw a lasting overall impression from the record. It adds little to the reinvention established by Folklore and doesn’t deepen her work within this sound in particularly convincing terms. I want to credit her at least for keeping up an industrious streak, but this alone would seem patronising.
I love it so much! A fine album. Perfect for these quarantine times. Such mild tones and everything.
Can I just say this album save my life? Yes, of course I can because it does. I highly recommend to everyone to listen to it.
Only Taylor Swift can go ahead and do better on her own stories, lyrics and melodies! It's sonically different, heart-touching and lyricallyOnly Taylor Swift can go ahead and do better on her own stories, lyrics and melodies! It's sonically different, heart-touching and lyrically one of her best work!… Expand
this is REALLY REALLY MASTERPIECE. EVERMORE >>>>> FOLKLORE. but, folklore is more lyrically. i'm obsessed with this
She did it again... I loved it so much. Especially cowboy like me and ivy and Dorothea too
she raised us all. stan my mom taylord swift she’s a living legend stream willow mv and buy the album
just the same thing every time. her talent is songwriting not singing she needs to stick
Published: October 24, 2022
(Updated July 2023) We rank every Taylor Swift album--from her self-titled 2006 debut to the just-released Midnights--from worst to best by Metascore.
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